“With Congress also focusing a great deal of attention on health reform, it is debatable whether or not TSCA reform will be considered this year as well,” he added.

TSCA is the Toxic Substances Control Act, the nation’s principal chemicals control law, enacted in 1976. Congress is poised to begin a comprehensive review and revision of TSCA.

“However, it is incumbent upon the industry to develop our solutions and reach out to other stakeholders in the consumer and environmental communities to see if we can drive alignment – whether it’s on climate change or a solution for how we modernise chemical management,” Dooley said.

“This way, we can hopefully accelerate Congress’ consideration of the modernisation of TSCA,” he added.